Jason Jones

“Focusing isn't just an optical activity; it is also a mental one.” – Bridget Riley Who is Bridget Riley? Bridget Riley is a British artist, best known for her work in the OP art movement. Riley was born in South London in 1931. When War broke out in 1939 she was evacuated to safety. She has said this early childhood exposure had affected her artistic vision for life. She study art at Royal College of Art from 1952-1953. In 1956 she went to an art exhibition of American Abstract…

The 1981 film Raiders of The Lost Ark (Paramount 1981) shows Indiana Jones on the search for the Ark of the Covenant. However, the Ark of the Covenant has been around much longer than 1981. According to the Bible, the Ark of the Covenant has been in existence since the time of Moses and the Israelites' exodus of Egypt. The Bible further explains the Ark was created according to instructions given to Moses by God. After its completion, the Ark was carried by its staves in advance of the people or…

A Comparative Analysis of Ross and Nisbett’s “The Power of Situations” and Fromm’s “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” Introduction Ross and Nisbett disagree with Fromm about the causes for obedience or disobedience to authority. It states in the introduction to “The Power of Situations”: “Erich Fromm conceives of obedience and disobedience as products of one’s character or of one’s moral choices” (627). This is suggesting that Fromm believes a person will obey or disobey…

Home is more than just a word in the dictionary home is simply what a person makes it. Home has many different meanings. Think about the quote “A house is made of brick and mortar, but home is made by the people who live there. M. K. Soni” this quote has so many different meanings. Is home just four walls, windows, and a few decorations sitting around, or is a home what one surrounds themselves with? Is home a white picket fence with a white house in the background with a red door and shutters…

Another memory is my teachers reading to me, I know all my teachers read to me but there is one teacher that always stood out to me when she read and I still remember today, every day she would read a few pages out of the series of books Junie B. Jones, she got me hooked on those books and I remember every book fair I would get a new book to read at home because she made the books so much fun to read. As my friends reading to me that was also a favorite of mine, friends and I use to play teacher…

I have had the please of volunteering many times in a classroom at Platte County Elementary School. When I was in high school I tutored a first grade classroom, so I went back to the same teacher and she was more than willing to answer some of the questions that I had and it was great to see that her classroom is still functioning the exact same way it was eight years ago. This only means that the way she manages her classroom must be very effective. This was a great opportunity for me to…

Wall-e is a new, dare say one of the best upcoming roller coasters and it is based off of the sensational movie Wall-e made by Disney’s Pixar. In the movie, the plot takes place in 2805 where humans have abandoned Earth on the account of it was not in the ideal shape for humankind to live in. Therefore, humans left robots to clean up the mess they had made where after some time, the Earth became habitable once more. Mankind had been sending extraterrestrial vegetation evaluators or EVE to Earth…

The American Dream: A Fairytale The play, "Death of a Salesman" was written by Arthur Miller in 1949. In his work Miller expressed the multitude of ways how men were able to achieve the American Dream. Miller worked hard to convey the roles of men, and women during the time just before the end of the 1940’s. Times were getting better after the Great Depression, and Willy Loman had set his course to success. The American Dream is seen as a pathway that is lit with the aspirations of many…

How Reading Made Me Popular Has anyone ever told you that reading makes you a loser? Well, I am here to inform you that they are incorrect. At the young age of seven, I knew this statement was no longer valid, and it changed my perspective of reading. Before I realized all of this, everything was quiet for a brief moment, and I no longer was surrounded by shouts of, “Wow, Paige you are so dumb”, and taunting laughter that followed. Instead, I was now accompanied by half of my classmates with…

To commence, the industrial revolution was a process where new inventions were produced and several milestones were achieved in the period from 1760 to 1820. However, as the industrial revolution originated capitalism also formed. Therefore, numerous people were being neglected and even exterminated. There were various diverse groups involved with this process, such as Minorities and Immigrants. Higher classes would accumulate wealth with the profit they made. Using unscrupulous methods they are…